Gamezebo Cribs: Row Sham Bow edition

Though it was only founded this year, Orlando-based games studio Row Sham Bow has already made a big splash on Facebook thanks to the excellent strategy game Woodland Heroes. The studio was founded by a number of industry veterans who have worked on everything from EA Sports games like Madden and Tiger Woods to hit series like Guitar Hero and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. They’re now using that expertise to do something interesting in the free-to-play social space, and in the latest edition of Gamezebo Cribs we head down to their dowtown Orlando office to see just where that’s happening.

“The Row Sham Bow office is a wide open space with open ceilings, concrete floors, and lots of windows – all on the 10th floor of the Plaza building right in the middle of downtown Orlando. It was key for us when starting up to have a wide open space to encourage communication and avoid cubes and offices.”

“It is a cool feeling to be so small and close-knit that the entire company can fit in one elevator.”

“Row Sham Bow co-founders Nick and Philip have their important strategy meetings over coffee out on the balcony overlooking Orange Avenue.”

“Before we could offer our former intern Tim a full time job, he had to prove his worth by completing the ‘ride the tiny plastic train in a figure 8’ initiation.”

“The ever-present ‘Amigurumi Ben’ (with the real Ben in the background) watches over our every move. It also grants us three wishes per day (as long as the wishes are Flash-related).”

“Every so often everyone at Row Sham Bow heads downstairs for a ‘Mochi Challenge’ at the Mochi frozen yogurt shop. The Mochi Challenge is won by whoever gets closest to a target price based on weight of the frozen yogurt and toppings.”

“The beer/wine fridge…our most prized possession.”

“Jeremy, our Art Director, uses the most valuable piece of the equipment in the office (aside from the beer & wine fridge of course) to hand-create a ton of art for our current game Woodland Heroes.”